HOLIDAY RECIPE INDEX

Some news! A big sale!! And, all my best holiday recipes, all in one place.

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Hello, friends!

I hope you are having the loveliest pre-holiday, already starting to feed and feast with your beloveds.

I want to make an important resource available to all of you for this week and beyond: the all-things Edible Living Holiday Index—one-stop shopping for all my most festive, seasonal (fall-winter) recipes in one place. If this newsletter were a cookbook (and it is—just one you get week by week, instead of all at once), consider this the Holiday Table of Contents.

First, some news: In 2025, my subscription prices will increase to $55 a year and $6/ month. Raising prices is never fun, and it’s not something I do lightly. To keep this resource going for you, I need to cover the real costs behind every letter: groceries, time, photography, and my lovely assistant, Lucy, who helps me test recipes and create the beautiful PDFs and E-books that so many of you love.

Here’s the good news:

If you’re already an annual paid subscriber, or you become one by the end of this year, you will be locked in at the 2024 price ($45/year) forever, even if my subscription costs increase further.

To that end, I’m offering a 20% discount to everyone here to sign up for unlimited access today (that’s 20% off the current price—bringing the total down to $36/year). Add this to your black Friday shopping and take advantage of this sale by Dec 1 to lock in the best price for years to come.

A paid subscription also grants you access to the entire 160-plus recipe database from the last THREE YEARS here on Substack, even the ones you may have missed. Paid subscribers never have to hunt down your favorite Edible Living recipes—you can always find them here.

Now, to the index!

This is the spot you can come to if you can’t find the creamy potato mash you’ve come to rely on, want to pull up the cranberry ginger scones, or my most decadent double chocolate shortbread on the fly. It’s all here. There are a lot of gems—all the recipes my family leans on most heavily for the holidays and beyond!

Thank you for being here. Your contribution keeps the lights on and our creative fires burning. I hope this resource keeps you and your family in good meals and memories all year round.

Happy feasting!

xx

Sarah

Enormous thanks to all who choose to support my work with a paid subscription. This letter wouldn’t be possible without YOU!

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THE EDIBLE LIVING HOLIDAY INDEX

BREAKFAST + BRUNCH FOODS

Cranberry-Ginger Scones

Toasted Semolina Raisin Scones 

Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cinnamon Waffles

Tender Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pancakes or Waffles * (pictured)

Oatmeal Yogurt Pancakes with Blackberry Crush

Puffy Ukrainian Pancakes

Olga’s Birdseed Granola with Fennel and Dried Cherries

The New New Banana Bread

Butter Pecan Banana Bread

Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Cranberry Snacking Cake 

BISCUITS + SAVORY BAKES (for the bread basket)

Cheddar Cornmeal Biscuits

Flakey Buttermilk Biscuits

Jessie’s Sage Butter Scones

Jessie’s Herby Yogurt Biscuits

My Best Cornbread 

Susan’s Pull-Apart Focaccia

VEGETARIAN MAIN COURSES (fit for a feast!)

Save-the-Day Spinach Pie

Stacey’s Mortadella and Fontina Slab Pie

Meike’s Fennel and Alpine Cheese Quiche

Fried Risotto (Aracini) and Radish Salad

Chilaquiles 

Molletes 

HOLIDAY-WORTHY SIDES + SALADS (serve with turkey, chicken, fish, or lamb)

Roasted Carrots with Olives and Lime

Maple Cinnamon Squash Agrodolce

Creamy Root Vegetable Mash

Yellow Beets and Mandarins, with Fried Shallots and Herbs * (pictured)

Citrus and Fennel Salad with Pickled Peppers and Dill

Bitter Green Salads with Citrus and Hazelnuts

Winter Greens and Persimmon Salad with Ricotta and Avocado

Pear, Fennel, and Celery Salad with Buttermilk Blue Cheese

Winter Radish and Kale Salad with Citrus and Herbs

Radicchio with Feta, Pistachios, and Salted Honey

SAUCES (to serve alongside…)

Does-It-All Green Sauce

Romesco Sauce

Tahini Green Goddess 

Shallot-Miso-Lemon Vinaigrette 

Creamy Parmesan Dressing

CAKES, COOKIES, AND SWEET TREATS (to pass and share)

Almost Famous Cranberry Almond Bundt Cake

Glazed Apple Cider Donut Cake  

Olive Oil and Mandarin Cake

Giulia’s Apple Olive Oil Cake

Lemon Polenta Sheet Cake

Semolina Almond Lemon Cake

Flourless Chocolate Brownie Cake

Decadent Chocolate Pudding

Deep Dark Chocolate Cheesecake

Easy Caramel Flan

Bittersweet Chocolate Tart with Sea Salt

Easy Apple Tart Tatin

Orange, Olive Oil, and Almond Torte

Chocolate Banoffee Pie

Pear and Plum Galette

Chocolate Chip Cookies (for Modern Times)

Aran’s Double Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Crinkly Ginger Molasses Cookie * (pictured)

Susan’s Triple Ginger-Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Double Chocolate Shortbread

Elizabeth’s Miso Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

Perfect Ratio Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies 

Best (Timeless) Linzer Cookies

Hungarian Walnut Kifli (Walnut Crescent Cookie)

Gluten-Free Double Chocolate Blondies

DINNERS FOR BEFORE/AFTER THE HOLIDAYS (for a hungry crowd!)

Andrea’s Mushroom Ragu * (pictured)

Brothy Hungarian Gulyas

Big Flavor, Double the Vegetables Pot Roast

Make-Ahead Lasagna

Sicilian Style Pizza (Grandma Pie)

Braised Short Rib Supper

Magic Pork Shoulder

Sara Forte’s Chicken Parmesan Meatballs

Oven-baked Chicken with Lemon and Olives

Snow Day Risotto with Pan-Roasted Mushrooms

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